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Buwayhid

History of Iran and Persia
Median Empire
Achaemenid dynasty
Seleucid dynasty
Parthian Empire
Sassanid dynasty
Samanid dynasty
Buwayhid empire
Seljuk Turkish empire
Khwarezmid Empire
Ilkhanate
Safavid dynasty
Zand dynasty
Qajar dynasty
Pahlavi dynasty
Iranian Revolution
Islamic Republic of Iran


The Buwayhids were a Shi'ite Muslim tribal confederation from the southern shore of the Caspian Sea. The Buwayhids conquered Persia in the early 900s, and were themselves conquered by the Seljuk Turks after 1037.



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